February 19, 2008
Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna announced that Washington will receive nearly $1.7 million as part of a $41 million settlement between 29 states and Caremark Rx, LLC, one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefits management companies. As part of …
February 10, 2008
214 Million Some statistics from the Society of American Florists worth noting for Valentine’s Day: The estimated number of roses produced for Valentine’s Day in 2007 is 214 million. Valentine’s Day floral purchases by gender: 63 percent are made by …
February 10, 2008
States aim to prevent residential fires by requiring ‘fire safe’ cigarettes Movies — think Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in “The Big Sleep” — often make cigarette smoking look glamorous. Of course, in reality, the practice is anything but. In …
February 10, 2008
States have five more years to verify identity, reissue licenses; even so some states continue to refuse compliance State officials and some in Congress remain skeptical about new federal rules for driver’s licenses, even after major changes designed to cut …
February 10, 2008
30 A jury in New Mexico returned 30 guilty verdicts against former state Insurance Superintendent Joe Ruiz, in a case in which Ruiz was accused of trying to coerce insurance companies to donate money to charity in exchange for reducing …
February 10, 2008
Remaining Confident “We remain confident that there will be a day when medical marijuana patients are not discriminated against in the workplace.” —Safe Access attorney Joe Elford, reacting to a decision by the California Supreme Court that allows employers to …
February 6, 2008
Two people charged in connection with a Poland, Maine car crash that killed six people on Christmas Eve 2006 are scheduled to go on trial next month. Twenty-eight-year-old Ryan Brissette of Poland is accused of allowing a group of including …
February 1, 2008
The Montana Captive Insurance Association Inc. appointed Steve Matthews as captive insurance coordinator for the Montana State Auditor’s (SAO) office. Matthews will also retain his duties as the SAO’s chief financial examiner for both captive and traditional insurers.” Prior to …
January 28, 2008
Employers can fire workers found to have used medical marijuana even if it was legally prescribed, the California Supreme Court ruled last Thursday, dealing the state another setback in its standoff with U.S. law enforcement. The high court upheld a …
January 27, 2008
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